(A) Unless specifically permitted in another section of this chapter, no sign or advertising media shall be erected on or over the public right-of-way.
(B) The use of any boulevard, street, parkway, park road or park, under the control of the city for any political, social, civic or charitable non-accessory advertising purpose within full view of those traveling on a public road is prohibited. The city’s use of these areas to display public information or the placement of decorations is excluded from this regulation.
(C) The painting, scattering or spreading in any manner along any public right-of-way or public property of any bills, wastepaper, paper, cloth or other materials used in advertising is prohibited.
(D) Installation, erection or display of any obscene, indecent or immoral matter shall not be permitted.
(E) The name of the sign contractor or the sign owner responsible for erection and maintenance of any non-accessory, commercial or billboard sign shall be painted on or attached by use of a nameplate in a conspicuous location on the structure or display surface of the sign.
(F) The owner of any property on which a sign is located shall be responsible for the conditions of the area in the vicinity of the sign and shall be required to keep this area clean, sanitary and free from noxious or offensive substances, rubbish and flammable waste materials.
(G) Signs on vehicles shall conform to the following standards.
(1) Signs shall be permitted to be painted or directly attached to a commercial vehicle, provided the signs identify the business for which the vehicle is operated.
(2) Use of a message painted or affixed to trucks or semi-trailers as an advertising device shall be prohibited, unless the vehicles are parked in an area immediately adjacent to the business for which the advertising pertains.
(3) No portable, A-frame, sandwich, swinger or similar sign shall be mounted on a vehicle for the purpose of advertising.
(H) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, no sign shall be erected which constitutes an obstruction to view of operators of motor vehicles on public streets or entering the streets from private property.
(I) Where a sign is more than 50% destroyed by accident, act of nature or construction failure, the sign shall not be replaced or reconstructed unless it is brought into conformance with these regulations.
(2002 Code, § 155.20) (Ord. 348, passed 4-8-1996)